[glorgau]

And he’s not above the rest of us when it means getting on public air transportation.

Actually as a Senator he should be. Imagine - just imagine - holding up a Senator when a contentious vote was in the offing. The Vice President gets to break ties. If a Senator can't be trusted not to blow up an airplane, who can be?

[morphing libertarian]

The congress and the president created this system, let them submit themselves to it like their fellow citizens do.